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De La Hoya wins via unanimous decision (117–110, 116–111, 116–111) Oscar De La Hoya vs. John John Molina , billed as Ready or Not was a professional boxing match contested on February 18, 1995, for the WBO lightweight title.
Whitaker outpunched De La Hoya, landing 232 punches to De La Hoya's 191 and dominated with his jab, scoring 160 while De La Hoya only landed 45. Though De La Hoya did not land as many punches or jabs as Whitaker, he had a distinct advantage in power punches, landing 146 to Whitaker's 72, which may have swayed the judges in his favor.
Oscar De La Hoya (/ ˌ d eɪ l ə ˈ h ɔɪ ə / DAY lə HOY-ə, Spanish: [ˈoskaɾ ðe la ˈoʝa]; born February 4, 1973) is a Mexican-American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008.
The De La Hoya–Campanella fight was the main event of a fight card produced by Top Rank dubbed Rising Stars which also featured IBF middleweight champion Roy Jones Jr. defending his title against Thomas Tate and IBF lightweight champion Rafael Ruelas defending his title against Mike Evgen. Jones was reportedly "furious" upon learning that the ...
For only the second time in his career to that point, De La Hoya was taken the full 12-round distance. Despite failing to score a knockdown in the fight, De La Hoya was extremely accurate offensively during the fight, landing 361 punches out of 561 thrown for an impressive 64% success rate, while González outthrew De La Hoya, he landed over 100 less punches (251 out of 751) for a 34% success ...
Coley was able to stagger De La Hoya in the fourth round with a straight right, but De La Hoya rebounded with a left uppercut that wobbled Coley and then landed an unanswered barrage though Coley survived the round. With 15 seconds left in the seventh round, De La Hoya landed a big left hand to Coley's body that sent him down on his knees.
Oscar De La Hoya (R) and his father, Joel De La Hoya Sr., embrace after Oscar announced his retirement from boxing April 14, 2009, in Los Angeles.
De La Hoya dominated Charpentier through three rounds, easily winning rounds one and two before dropping his overmatched opponent three times in the third round en route to a technical knockout. De La Hoya's first knockdown came 53 seconds into the round with a left-right combination, though Charpentier would answer the referee's 10-count, De ...